The Urban Alliance Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521938443
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024594300
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,550,893
Expenses
$13,196,409
Assets
$19,133,664
Liabilities
$1,960,270

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABIODUN DUROJAYE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • CHARLES ACKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BALTIMORE)
  • CHRISLIN FLANAGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHICAGO)
  • ALPHONSO AMOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DETROIT)
  • TAMIKA SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GREATER DC)

Highest reported compensation

  • ABIODUN DUROJAYE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $249,660 total reported compensation
  • MONIQUE SHERRELL LLOYD (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER): $167,617 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES ACKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BALTIMORE): $166,882 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The urban alliance foundation, inc. (the foundation) is a nonprofit that connects high school students to equitable, inclusive career pathways through paid work experiences, mentorship, and professional development. We work with schools and employers to address systemic barriers to economic mobility for young adults of color and to bridge the gaps between education and workforce development for all young people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth programs: this category represents the foundation's supplemental programs. All students who complete hsip are guaranteed lifetime college and career support through our alumni services program should they need it. Services are primarily concentrated during a student's first two years post-program to ensure continued connection to an economically-mobile pathway. Additional services include the alumni internship program, education, and career counseling, continued professional development, and professional networking opportunities. Additionally, the foundation has made its proprietary curriculum available to outside organizations on a limited basis, through staff-facilitated or train-the-trainer outreach models, provided that project scopes and organizations align with the foundation's mission. The foundation's curriculum will be selected and modified, if necessary, to meet the needs of the project. The foundation receives revenue for an organization's use of the foundation's curriculum, professional fees for the foundation staff, and expenses necessary to execute the project. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the foundation transitioned to virtual programming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $250K · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $390K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.